1. Three visits to the thatched cottage

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang lived in a thatched cottage in Longzhong.

Counselor Xu Shu recommended to Liu Bei: Zhuge Liang is a wizard. In order to ask Zhu Liang to help him conquer the world, Liu Bei went with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to ask him to come out. But Zhuge Liang was not at home, so Liu Bei had to leave his name and go back unhappy. A few days later, Liu Bei heard that Zhuge Liang was back, and took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to brave the wind and snow. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang went out again, and Liu Bei and the others had another empty trip.

Liu Bei went to Longzhong for the third time and finally met Zhuge Liang. During the conversation, Zhuge Liang made a very incisive analysis of the world situation, and Liu Bei was very impressed.

Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, which moved Zhuge Liang very much and agreed to help. Liu Bei respected Zhuge Liang as his military advisor and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: I have Kongming, just like a fish has water!

When Zhuge Liang was just starting out, he helped Liu Bei win many battles and laid the foundation of Shu Han for Liu Bei.

2. Borrowing arrows from a straw boat

Zhou Yu was very jealous of Zhuge Liang's talent. One day when discussing military affairs, Zhou Yu asked Zhuge Liang to rush to make 100,000 arrows. Zhuge Liang promised to build it in three days and issued a military order. Zhuge Liang later asked Lu Su to help him borrow ships, sergeants and straw handles.

On the third day, Zhuge Liang asked Lu Su to go get the arrows together. On this day, the sky was filled with heavy fog, and it was difficult to see anyone on the other side. It was still dark, so Zhuge Liang ordered the ship to sail and asked the sergeants to beat drums and shout.

Cao Cao just asked the archers to shoot arrows at the incoming ship. Both sides of the ship were filled with arrows. Zhuge Liang ordered the troops to return. At this time, it was too late for Cao Cao to pursue him. After "borrowing" 100,000 arrows, Zhou Yu sighed after learning about the borrowed arrows: I am really not as good as him!

3. The Battle of Chibi

In the 13th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the coalition forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao's army in a decisive battle in the Chibi area of ????the Yangtze River. After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and Wuhuan, and basically unified the north, in July of the 13th year of Jian'an, he sent his troops from Wan to the south, hoping to first destroy Liu Biao, and then move eastward along the Yangtze River to defeat Sun Quan and unify the world. In September, Cao's army entered Xinye. By then Liu Biao was dead and his son Liu Cong surrendered without a fight.

Liu Bei, who relied on Liu Biao to garrison troops in Fancheng, hurriedly led his troops and civilians to withdraw southward. Cao Cao recruited Liu Biao's troops and advanced toward the Yangtze River with a so-called 800,000-strong army. After Liu Bei was defeated by Cao's army, he sent Zhuge Liang to Chaisang to meet with Sun Quan on the way to retreat, and persuaded Sun Quan to form an alliance against Cao. Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as the chief general and Cheng Pu as his deputy. He led 30,000 elite navy troops, combined with Liu Bei's army stationed at Fankou, and sent about 50,000 men up the Yangtze River to the west to meet Cao's army.

In November, the allied forces of Sun and Liu confronted Cao's army in Chibi. Cao Cao connected the warships from bow to stern to form one unit to facilitate naval drills and wait for opportunities to attack. Zhou Yu adopted the fire attack plan offered by his general Huang Gai and ordered him to write a letter to Cao Cao to pretend to surrender. Cao Cao fell into the plan. Huang Gai chose the right moment and led the Meng Chong battleship to ride the wind into Cao Jun's water stronghold and set fire to it.

Cao's warship formation was burned, and the fire spread to the camps on the shore. Sun and Liu's coalition forces took advantage of the situation to attack. Cao's army suffered more than half casualties, so he led his troops to retreat north, leaving General Cao Ren to defend Jiangling. The allied forces took advantage of the victory to expand their results, and the Sun and Liu armies occupied important areas in Jingzhou. In the decisive battle of Chibi, Cao Cao underestimated the enemy's complacency under a favorable situation, made command errors, and was ultimately defeated. When powerful enemies were advancing, Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance to fight against each other and raised the river

4. Play hard to get

In the third year since the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang led his army to attack Nanzhong (to put down the rebellion of the barbarians in the south). All attacks are invincible and all battles are invincible. I heard that there was a man named Meng Huo among the barbarian commanders. Both the ethnic minorities and the Han people admired and respected him, (so) a reward was offered to the soldiers to capture Meng Huo alive. After capturing Meng Huo, (Zhuge Liang) asked him to watch the military camps and battle formations of the Shu Han army.

Ask him: "How is such an army? Is it powerful?" Meng Huo replied: "I didn't know the strength of your army before, so I was defeated. Now I am allowed to watch it with your grace." If the strength of your army is only like this, it will be easy to defeat." Zhuge Liang smiled and let Meng Huo go and let him organize his army to fight again. In this way, Meng Huo was released seven times and captured alive seven times. However, Zhuge Liang still let Meng Huo go back and fight again. Meng Huo refused to leave and said, "You are so powerful! We will never rebel again." So the army marched to Dian Lake. Nanzhong was pacified, and all local officials were appointed as officials.

5. Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao sent his troops south to attack the coalition forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Zhou Yu, the governor of Soochow, decided to use fire to defeat Cao's army. When everything was ready, Zhou Yu suddenly remembered that the southeast wind must blow in order to take advantage of the wind and achieve success. It was winter and the northwest wind was blowing. Where can the southeast wind come from? Zhou Yu was so anxious that he fell ill. ?

Zhuge Liang guessed what he was thinking and wrote a sixteen-character prescription for him: If you want to defeat Duke Cao, you should attack with fire; everything is ready, all you need is the east wind. Zhou Yu hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang for advice. Zhuge Liang knew astronomy and knew that the southeast wind would blow in a few days, so he said that he could use magic to borrow the southeast wind. Later, as expected, a southeasterly wind blew, causing the Wu army to successfully attack Cao Cao's army and return with a great defeat.